Euro zone banks body sees harmonised "bail in" rules

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Harmonising global and European
Union requirements for banks to issue bonds for writing down in
a crisis is "perfectly feasible", the body responsible for
winding down top euro zone lenders said on Thursday.

The world's biggest 30 banks, known as GSIBs and with eight
in the euro zone such as BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and SocGen,
must issue so-called bail-inable debt know as TLAC to supplement
their core capital buffers over coming years.

The EU, however, has passed a law introducing a similar
requirement known as MREL on all lenders across the 28-country
bloc, raising industry concerns over how the two sets of rules
would mesh together to avoid duplication or confusion among
investors who buy the bonds.

The bonds are seen as key by policymakers to ending "too big
to fail" banks by ensuring they have enough resources to avoid
taxpayer help in a crisis.

Elke Koenig, chair of the Single Resolution Board,
responsible for winding down troubled banks in the 19-country
euro area, said it was "perfectly feasible" to align both
systems.

A public consultation on MREL from the Bank of England,
which regulates British lenders, showed this was the case,
Koenig said.
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